Fat

Ghee (clarified butter) and sesame oil are rich in nutrients important to children.

Lower fat nut butters (almond butter, sesame butter)

Snacks

Vegetable sticks- low fat dip or cream cheese

Fruit slices

Seaweed

Sushi

Smoothies- “silken” tofu and fruit

Alternative Beverages

Vegetable juices, or combine with fruit juice

Yogi Tea—delicious, healing (immune, hormone)

Herb Teas

Licorice- noncaloric sweet

Stevia- noncaloric sweet

Chamomile, fennel, cinnamon

Protein Alternatives

Veggie burgers

Baked Tofu (chewy) with soy sauce

Coat tofu with nutritional yeast and soy sauce. Bake.

Baked beans—high fiber

Superfoods

Nutritional yeast

Chlorophyll

Algae (spirulina, chorella, etc.)

Seaweed

Wheat germ

Bee pollen

Royal jelly

Molasses

Dried plant juice (barley green, wheat grass)

Lecithin

Supplements

The most basic supplement is a children's “mega-potency” multiple, from the health food store, which will usually be chewable. Make sure it contains minerals, as well as vitamins, as many do not. Even the health food style multiples are pretty conservative in dose, so many natural pediatric nutritionists recommend double the label dose for the child's age.

Holistic pediatrician Lendon Smith recommends:

• Vitamin A 5,000 units

• Vitamin D 500 units

• Vitamin E 400 units

• Vitamin C 500 to 1,000 mg

• B-complex 50 mg of each

• Folic acid 1 mg

• Zinc 15 mg

• Copper 1 mg

• Calcium 400 to 1,000 mg

• Magnesium 200 to 500 mg

Disguising Foreign Foods/ Supplements

Vanilla soymilk

Strong, thick juice- tomato, pineapple

Honey, glycerin

Nut butters (sunflower, almond, etc.)

Colored food (pureed green vegetables)

Some tips from real parents

Mix herb powder with honey, maple syrup, molasses, or glycerin. Stir into paste. Down the hatch!